Antique quilt exhibit opens at the Wilkinson

July 10, 2009

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On Sunday afternoon the Wilkinson Homestead museum in Eastport will hold the opening for “An Indiana Quilt Adventure”—an exhibit of fourteen antique quilts from the Halfaker/Sparks collection owned by Marcia Graham.  I had a little sneak preview on Tuesday, and heard the story of how the quilts came to Michigan.  (This is an expanded version […]

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Goin’ for a ride, Intermission: Pennies and Peas

July 10, 2009

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There are a lot of ways to get back to Eastport from Torch River, and I chose to detour through Bellaire.  I needed to run some errands, and the lemon bars at MOKA were calling me.  Inside the lobby at Citizens Bank I grabbed a cup of courtesy coffee to fortify myself for the ordeal of […]

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Goin’ for a ride, part 1: Expedition down Torch River to Skegemog

July 10, 2009

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Tom Vranich sent me an email. Thom Yocum and summer interns for the Elk-Skegemog Lakes Association (ESLA) were going to paddle the Torch River. Their mission: scout the shore for infestations of invasive phragmites australis and report back. Thom is a biologist and Preserve Steward for the Palmer-Wilcox-Shah Nature Preserve north of Elk Rapids. I […]

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Goin’ for a ride, part 2: Update on U-pick at King Farm

July 9, 2009

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One of the things I like about living here is that there is lots of good food and much of it grows where I am allowed to pick it. I am lazy, so I stopped off at King’s to buy some fruit that was already picked and washed. Betsy thought I should see what’s going […]

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Letter from Katherine, who doesn’t know what to make of this. Me neither.

July 8, 2009

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This in the mail from Katherine today:  Okay, I’m not sure what to say about this. I guess some people have mailboxes and others . . . . have heads on stakes?? We sat next to each other at Norton Bretz’s presentation on the Pearl family Monday, and she’d warned me The Head was coming. […]

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Margaritaville North

July 7, 2009

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Last Friday Dale Burns had his display of chairs set up in front of the cabin on US-31, so I stopped.  He was hosting a pile of holiday visitors but took time out to tell me his story. Dale lived up here for about ten years, fixed up a classic cabin, and then decided to go downstate […]

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